37Synonyms found for hunky-dory

Word Origin & History

hunky-dory 1866, Amer.Eng. (popularized c.1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang, from Du. honk "goal, home," from M.Du. honc "place of refuge, hiding place." A theory from 1876, however, traces it to Honcho dori, said to be a street in Yokohama, Japan, where sailors went for diversions of the sort sailors enjoy.

Example Sentences for hunky-dory

Things may not exactly be hunky-dory, but some of the innovations at bottom of the pyramid are certainly working.

It seems to be a brilliantly calculated move and look hunky-dory.

The newly hatched sibling seemed to think his older brother was hunky-dory, and they got on famously.